prejudiced

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈprɛdʒədɪst/ UK /ˈprɛdʒʊdɪst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
holding preconceived, usually unfavorable, opinions

The juror was clearly prejudiced against the defendant.

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Synonyms

1 adj · holding preconceived,... biased partial bigoted intolerant one-sided discriminatory

Opposites

unprejudiced unbiased impartial fair tolerant

Word family

Related forms prejudice prejudicial judge

Etymology

From prejudice + -ed. Prejudice derives from Old French prejudice, from Latin praejudicium ('previous judgment'), from prae- ('before') + judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge').

praejudicium Latin judex Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# prejudiced

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈprɛdʒədɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprɛdʒʊdɪst/

## Meanings
1. holding preconceived, usually unfavorable, opinions

## Examples
- The juror was clearly prejudiced against the defendant.

## Synonyms
- biased
- partial
- bigoted
- intolerant
- one-sided
- discriminatory

## Antonyms
- unprejudiced
- unbiased
- impartial
- fair
- tolerant

## Related Forms
- prejudice
- prejudicial
- judge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praejudicium
- Root: judex

## Etymology
From prejudice + -ed. Prejudice derives from Old French prejudice, from Latin praejudicium ('previous judgment'), from prae- ('before') + judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge').

## AI Etymology
Prejudiced comes from prejudice + -ed. Prejudice derives from Old French prejudice, from Latin praejudicium ('previous judgment'), from prae- ('before') + judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge'). The historical chain includes Latin praejudicium and Latin judex. The quoted older senses, "previous judgment", "before", "judgment", and "judge", supply the semantic anchors for prejudiced. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word prejudiced carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "holding preconceived, usually unfavorable, opinions". Related English forms include prejudice, prejudicial, and judge. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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